20-02-26 Friday

Temp 09°C to 12°C - rain not long after breakfast, heavy before lunch and mid afternoon. The sun did share the sky for briefly periods. The fresh breeze from the south south west swung to the west by nightfall and was gusting up to 43 mph at teatime.

Ring-necked Duck

BRISTOL

Kingsdown / Royal Fort Gardens:

2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:

1 Mute Swan, 2 Tufted Duck, 10 Mallard, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 20 Dunlin, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, c.250 Winter Thrush mainly Redwing,1 Stonechat

Yate - Brimsham Fields Park:
13 Mallard, 6 Woodpigeon, 5 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 2 Redwing, 2 Blackbird

NORTH SOMERSET

Ham Green to Leigh Woods - River Avon:

35 Mallard, 16 Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 9 Redshank, 3 Dunlin, c200 Black-headed Gull, 30+ Herring Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 6 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Skylark, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch

Backwell - garden:
Feral Pigeon, 1 Jay, Jackdaw, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Long Tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap (f), 1 Goldcrest, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch

Backwell Lake:
21 Canada Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 5 Mallard, 1 Tufted Duck, 14 Moorhen, 2 Little Grebe, 60 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 9 Cormorant

Yatton - Wemberham:
20 Stock Dove - mig in small flocks, 1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Fieldfare

BELOW M4 & BANES

Willsbridge:
2 Raven 

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake

Dam:
8 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Pied Wag, 6+ Chaffinch

20-02-26 Snipe CVL (Ian Stapp)

Herons Green:
11 Goldeneye, 40+ Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Snipe, 30+ B H Gull, 50+ Common Gull, 1 G W Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier (f) 1 Buzzard. 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail

Stratford:
6+ Goldeneye, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 12+ Tufted Duck, 2 Pintail - pr, 12+ Woodpigeon, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Marsh Harrier (M) 1 Red Kite, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 G S Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine, 2 Cetti's Warbler

Herriotts inc Pool:

4 Shelduck, 12 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander (f&m), 6 Teal, 1 Water Rail, 1 Mediterranean - 1st wint, 1 G W Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Cetti's Warbler. 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Reed Bunting

20-02-26 Goldeneye & Cormorant - Eye placement (Ian Stapp)

Reported by: Josh Brown, Charlotte Collins, Andy Davis, Chris Hall, Rupert Higgins, Robin Lambert, Mike Notton, Lois Pryce, Trevor Riddle, Ian Stapp, Andy Stockhausen

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